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E-mail problem

15 years ago

I'm trying to send an email to a friend which includes a web site address. The address is highlighted but when I tested it to see if the site would come on and pointed the mouse nothing happened. This could be something very simple as I am a bit technically challenged. Thanks very much.

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kudzu9
15 years ago
In some email programs, when you are composing, the hotlink doesn't work. This is true, for example, in Hotmail. What program are you using?

To test whether the link works, you can put yourself on the email as a BCC, and then send it. Check on the link when you receive the copy. Even if the link doesn't work, hopefully your friend is savvy enough to be able to copy and paste it.
vala55
15 years ago
I often test emails by sending to myself from or to my yahoo account.
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
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I have hotmail and you have to go through several steps when inserting a link in an email if you want it to be clickable if using firefox, if using IE it does it automatically it is one of my main gripes of the new hotmail.

I have a great add on for firefox that I use, any link or url address anywhere that is not a clickable link I just put the cursor on the text of the address and double click and it will open it in a new tab, it makes it clickable.
It is called text link

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